Create an Epic Metal Text Effect From Scratch

Learn how to make epic text effect, by simple steps. You will learn, how to make beautiful background to your typography by brushes and stock images. This tutorial will teach you, how to play with layer styles in awesome way.

What you’ll be creating

You will start from creating background. You will know how to load brush and how to use Cloud filter in Photoshop. Then, you will see how to make epic typography, which can be used in games, covers or flyers in simple steps. At the end, you will learn how to make glow on things. You’ll need Photoshop CS5.5 or newer to follow this tutorial.

Step 10

Now you’ll draw glow. Pick blue color. Use Soft brush with decreased opacity (around 50%). Draw some strokes on trees and draw some random dots on grass.Add blur for this layer. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.At the end of this step, change opacity to 25%.

Step 11

Now you’ll make ground fot your text. Add new layer. Pick big (765px) white, soft brush and draw dot in the center of the picture.

Step 12

Press ctrl+T – now you can transform your layer. If you will be holding ctrl and you will click point to transform, you can change the perspective – try it! :).Decrease opacity of this layer to 35%.

Step 18

Step 19

Do you know, that you can mask text? Add mask to your text. I don’t like glyph under “T”. Just add mask and erase unnecessary fragment with hard round brush.

Step 20

Back below layer with debris brush used. Add new layer. You’ll make shadow under text.Choose 765px big, soft, black brush. Draw dot on the center of image.Then, transform it as shown (ctrl + T). Remember about step 12.At the end, you can decrease opacity of this layer to 50%.

Step 21

Go above all layers. Place “Scratched steel texture”. Then, click on it with RMB and choose create clipping mask.Change blending mode of this layer to Hard light.

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Final Results

Download the PSD

Tutorial by msRiotte

Thank you for following this tutorial! You are amazing. Write if you have questions! :). Personally I am graphic designer from Poland. See my portfolio here: msriotte.tk. I’m also on facebook: here!– msRiotte